Example sentences of "be [v-ing] with some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was listening intently and her eyes were thoughtful , as if she might be toying with some idea of her own . |
| 2 | Mr Lyle 's neighbours at Beaumanoir contrive , despite its size , to make it seem intimate and domestic by creating the ‘ lived-in look ’ ( which Jane Austen appears to be describing with some scepticism in Persuasion ) : |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ Constance wheedled , ‘ tell her I 'll be ringing with some news . |
| 4 | If men were beginning to abandon their fear of hell , they were clinging with some tenacity to their hopes of heaven , as we shall see in chapter nine . |
| 5 | While anxiously awaiting the first sighting report of the wanted man , they were watching with some satisfaction the handcuffed members of the Prophet 's entourage being bundled none too gently into the waiting paddy wagons by grim-faced uniformed cops . |
| 6 | The old man is walking with some woman and one of those red dogs from the cigarette commercials . |
| 7 | Apparently she 's going with some bloke who |
| 8 | Accountants inevitably greeted the court 's finding with some disquiet . |